Sexting Backlash: Students Sue Prosecutor
Posted By jss on March 26, 2009
Hooray for kids today, and I really mean it:
Students Sue Prosecutor in Cellphone Photos Case
“Prosecutors should not be using a nuclear-weapon-type charge like child pornography against kids who have no criminal intent and are merely doing stupid things,” said Witold J. Walczak, a lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, which represents the families.
Regardless of what you think of sexting, you ought to be rather afraid when the government starts ruling on the morality of what anyone can and cannot send over a cell phone. And in this case, we’re apparently talking about a photo or photos of girls who are not naked or posed provocatively, even. They are two-year-old photos that were taken at a slumber party.
Update: The judge thinks there are Constitutional issues worth examining. Good.
(Previous article, Sexting Hysteria)
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